Introduction Kenneth Citron, Marie-Josee Brouillette and Alexandra Beckett; 1. Medical overview Lori A. Panther and Howard Libman; 2. Cognitive disorders in people living with HIV disease Julie D Maggi, Sean B Rourke and Mark Halman; 3. General principles of pharmacotherapy for the patient with HIV infection Sanjay M. Sharma, J. Stephen McDaniel and Nancy L. Sheehan; 4. Mood disorders and psychosis in HIV Andrea Stolar, Glenn Catalano, Sheryl M. Hakala, Robert P. Bright and Francisco Fernandez; 5. Suicidal behaviour and HIV infection Jose Catalan; 6. Anxiety disorders and HIV disease Andrew C. Blalock, Sanjay M. Sharma and J. Stephen McDaniel; 7. General issues in hospital HIV psychiatry Thomas N. Kerrihard and William Breitbart; 8. HIV and people with serious and persistent mental illness Karen McKinnon, Francine Cournos, Richard Herman and Stephanie Le Melle; 9. Psychotherapy Peter DeRoche and Kenneth Citron; 10. HIV and substance use disorders Fabrizio Starace, Annunziata Ciafrone and Giuseppe Nardini; 11. Psychiatric issues in pediatric HIV/AIDS Kevin J. Lourie, Maryland Pao, Larry K. Brown and Heather Hunter; 12. Uninfected children of parents with HIV Cynthia J. Telingator; 13. Psychological issues faced by gay men Peter E. Kassel and Stephen Knowlton; 14. Women and HIV Lorraine Sherr; 15. Couples Barbara Hedge; 16-A HIV and cultural diversity Cecile Rousseau; 16-B African Americans Kenneth Ashley; 16-C Latinos and HIV disease Frank Hector Galvan; 16-D One heart, two spirit, and beyond: HIV and the people of the first nations Terry Tafoya; 17. HIV in prison populations Cassandra F. Newkirk, Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola and Ronald L. Braithwaite; 18. Legal and ethical issues Marie-Josee Brouillette and David J. Roy; 19. Psychiatrist as caregiver Thomas N. Kerrihard; Index.